Starter and ignition control.



STARTER AND IGNITION CONTROL.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE l, 1914.

. 1,143,378, PatentedJune 15, 1915.

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WITNESSES:

I ,1 IVEY UNITED STATES VALERIE A. FYNN, or STQ'LOUIS,

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MISSOURI, ASSIGNOB TO WAGNER ELECTRIC MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VALieRn ALFRED Earns, a subject ofthe King of England, residing at the city of St. Louis, State of Mlssourl, have invented a certain new and useful Starter and Ignition Control, of which the following is such a full, clear, and enact description as will enable any one skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and.

use the same, reference being-had to the at! companying drawings, forming part of this specification.

' with such vehicles,

This invention relates to the control of the ignition system applied to internal combustion, engines operated 1n conjunction with an electric starter, and its mam object is to so correlate the ignition; and the starting circuits that the productlon of sparks in the cylinders cannot be interrupted by the operator as lon as the starter is connected to the source rom which it receives energy.

y invention is more cable to ignition systems bustion engines as used on motor vehicles. It is now common. practice, in connection to provide a storage battery and a dynamo electric machine operated as a motor for the purpose of startmg the engine, and as a dynamo for the purpose of charging the storage battery when the enparticularly appli gine operates under its own power. In a system of this kind, it is very desirable to reduce the number of operations to be performed by the driver to the smallest possible number, that, after the engine has been started by means of the dynamo electric machine, the connections between the latter and the storage battery need not be disturbed or altered until it is desired to bring the engine to rest. If this can be achieved, then the speed of the engine can be reduced to very much lower values without danger of stopping, for, even if ignition does not occur very regularly at said low speeds, the storage battery will alwaysbe operative to instantly supply the power required to keep the engine running.

' Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed June 1,

and internal comand to so arrange the apparatus- 1914. Serial No. 842,027.

Patented June 15, 1915.

circuit cannot be opened until the battery has been disconnected from the dynamo.

By the use of this arrangement, the overloading and the draining of the battery when the engine is operating at low speeds will be avoided. Should to disconnect the battery from the dynamo at very high engine speeds, then provision must be made for preventing the dynamo from exciting itsel, for should this happen, a destructively high voltage would be generated. To meet this contingency, I so arrange my starting switch that the short-circuited thereby after the storage battery has been disconnected, but I also so deslgnmy dynamo electric machine as to keep its current output within the desired limits regardless of the speed of the engine, thereby making it generally unnecessary to disconnect the storage battery from the dynamo at very high speeds to avoid overcharging the battery. I

y invention will be better understood by reference to the accompanying drawing, illustratlng its application in connection with battery ignition.

The engine 2 is gearedwby means of the belt or chain 8 to the armature 3 of the dynamo electric machine. The brushes 5, 7 cooperating with the armature 3 are located approximately in the neutral" zone of the machine,

a 2-pole embodiment of which is shown in the figure. Auxiliary brushes 4 and 6 are located on opposite sides.

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it become necessary dynamo may be interlocking coil 24 adapted to energize the magnet 25 is connected to the terminals of the dynamo electric machine. The primary ignition circuit comprises the battery 12, the primary 14 of the spark coil, the circuit breaker l7 actuated by the cam 30 which is operated from the engine shaft, and a manually operated switch 18. This switch 18 is adapted to be locked-in its closed position by means of a trigger 26 pivoted at 27 and normally held out .of engagement with: the switch 18 by means of the spring 28, which 1 holds said trigger against the stop 29. When the core 25 is excited by the interlocking coil 2A, the spring 28 is overpowered and the trigger brought into the position shown in the figure, in whiehit is capableoi holding the switch 18 in its closed position as soon as" the latter is so placed. The secondary ignition circuit comprises the secondary coil 15, one end of which is grounded, while the other is connected to the blade 31 of the distributer 16, said blade being operated from the engine shaft in the usual way. The contact plates of the distributer are'connected to the various spark plugs of the en e.

;en the engine is at rest, the starting switch 21 should either be open or stand on point 23, in which latter case the dynamo electric machine will be short-circuited. The

4 ignition switch 18 should then stand on ofi point 19 and can be placed on said point at any time, for the trigger 26 will be under the control of the s ring 28 and, therefore, out of the way o the projection of the switch 18, Whlch is adapted to cooperate with said trigger. the engine-switch 21 should be placed on point 22, and the ignition switch should be closed by placing it on point 20. When the switch 21 1s placedon contact 22, the magnet will immediately take control of the trigger 26 and hold it in a position in which,

' does so in the when switch 18 is once closed, it will be held in closed position as long as switch 21 remains on 22. When switch 21 is closed, current from the battery willpass through the series winding 11 in a direction 0 posed to that cf the arrow placed alongsi e sai winding, and return to the battery mainly through themain brushes 5, 7, developing a powerful torque due to the interaction of the field produced by the winding 11 and the armature ampere-turns. As soon as the engine operates under its own power, and as it increases its speed, the current delivered by the battery to the dynamo acting as a motor, will diminish, ecome zero, and, finally, reverse, the dynamo then actin as generator and charging the battery. The limits by the arrangement of auxiliar brushes and shunt windings shown, and: also, by the fact that the generating current when passing through the series winding 11 direction indicated by the arrow, and opposes the magnetization produced by the shunt windings, tributing to the safeguarding of the storage battery.

It will be seen from the foregoing description that it is quite impossible for the operator to interrupt the ignition circuit by means when the engine is running of the switch 18 without opening the'startin'g switch 21 and short-circuiting the dynamo by placing this switch on 23, 0

When it is desired to startrate of charge is kept within the prescribed thus also confor starting theengme, a sup 1y r, as long as switch. 21 is on 22 or in open position, the interlocking coil 24 will remain energized and hold the trigger 26 in its locking position. At the same time, this arrangement does not prevent the operator from turning the engine over by means of the electric starter without closing the ignition switch. nor does it prevent him from closing said switch at any time after switch 21 has been closed. Should it be desired for any reason to disconnect the dynamo from the battery while the engine is running, then the switch 21 should be place on point 23, thereby short-circuiting the dynamo and preventing same from generating any voltage. It is, in fact, best not to provide an f oif position for the switch 21.

Having tion circuit is operative while the battery,

is connected to the dynamo electric machine. 2. In apparatus of the class described,

the combination of a combustion engine, an

ignition circuit, a battery, a dynamo electric machine for starting the engine, a switch in the ignition circu.-, means for connecting the battery to the dynamo electric machine.

and means controlled by the battery for preventin the opening of the i ition switch when e battery is connected 0 the dynamo electric machine.

3. In apparatus of the class described, the

combination of a combustion engine, an ignition circuit, a battery, 9. dynamo electric machine for starting the engine, a switch in the ignition circuit, a trigger adapted to lock said switchin a selected position, and an electrpmagnet controlling said trigger.

4. In apparatus of the classdescribed, the combination of a combustion engine, an ignition circuit, a battery, a dynamo electric machine for startin the engine, a switch in the ignition circuit, a trigger adapted to lock said switch in a selected position, and an electromagnet controlling said trigger, said magnet bemg connected to'the terminals'of the dynamo electric machine. 5. In apparatus of the class described, the combination of acombustihtt engine, an ignition circuit, a d amo electric machine said machine, a switch contro ng the=ignition circuit, and means controlled from the supply circuit of the dynamo electric machine for preventing removal of the igniion circuit for 'tion controlling switch from at selected positlon.

6.. In apparatus the combination of for starting the engine,

of the class described, a combustion engine, enignition circuit; a dynamo electric machine a battery for supplying current to the dynamo electric machine, a switch controlling the ignition circult, means for preventi l0 the ignition switch from ng the removal of at selected position is connected to the dywhile the battery 4 nemo electric machine, and means for short- .circuting the dynamo electric machine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and afiixed my seal in ence of the twosubscribing witnesses.

VALERE A. FY N, 1,. 5.1 Witnesses:

e W. A. Amxnmmn,

G. M S

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